The document discusses Selenium IDE, an integrated development environment for automating web application testing through Selenium scripts. It can be used to record, edit, debug and run test cases in Firefox. Key features include controls for playback speed and debugging tools. User extensions allow adding custom commands by creating JavaScript files. The process of creating and running test cases and test suites within the IDE is also outlined.

1. SELENIUM IDE and
Extensions
Automated testing tool
Created by: Yana Altunyan
Reviewed by: Vladimir Soghoyan
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2.  Selenium Types
 Selenium IDE
 IDE Features
 Creating and Running Test Suite and Case
 IDE Extensions (JavaScript)
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Overview

3.  Selenium IDE
 Selenium WebDriver
 Selenium Server (Grid)
 Selenium RC
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Selenium types

4.  Selenium IDE is an integrated development environment for Selenium
scripts. It is implemented as a Firefox extension.
 It allows you to record, edit, and debug tests.
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Selenium IDE

5. IDE Features
Speed Control: controls how fast your test case runs.
Run All: Runs the entire test suite when a test suite with
multiple test cases is loaded.
Run: Runs the currently selected test. When only a single test is
loaded this button and the Run All button have the same effect.
Pause/Resume: Allows stopping and re-starting of a running
test case.
Step: Allows you to “step” through a test case by running it
one command at a time. Use for debugging test cases.
Apply Rollup Rules: This advanced feature allows repetitive
sequences of Selenium commands to be grouped into a single
action.
Reload
Test Scheduler
Record: Records the user’s browser actions.
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6. IDE Features
Command – Tells Selenium
what to do using actions or
assertions
Target – Tells Selenium which
HTML element a command
refers to
Value – Used for any
command that might need a
value of some kind
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7. IDE Features
Log – When test case run, error messages
and information messages showing the
progress are displayed in this pane
automatically. Useful for debugging
Reference - The Reference pane will display
documentation on the current command.
UI-Element - A mapping between a
meaningful name for a page element, and
the means to locate that page element's
DOM node. The page element is located via a
locator. UI elements belong to pagesets*.
Rollup - Logic that describes how one or
more Selenium commands can be grouped
into a single command, and how that single
command may be expanded into its
component Selenium commands*.
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8. IDE Features
All Commands are shown in HTML
code
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9. IDE Features: Commands
Selenium commands come in three
“flavors”: Actions,Accessors, and Assertions.
Actions - commands that generally manipulate
the state of the application.
Accessors - examine the state of the application
and store the results in variables, e.g.
“storeTitle”.
Assertions - are like Accessors, but they verify
that the state of the application conforms to
what is expected.
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10. Creating and Running Test
Suite and Case
The procedure for creating automated test case
consists of the following steps:
 Start a Firefox window and navigate to the
page URL you want to test.
 Click on the Tools menu, Selenium IDE, as
described in the following figure
 Fill in the Base URL field at the top with the
starting URL of the page being tested and
then clink on the button Record .
 Having the Record button enabled, start
the test case by making the data entry on
the system
 At the end of test case, disable the Record
button. You can save the test case at the
File menu, Save Test Case.
 To run the test case automatically, just click
on the button Play current test case
 At the end of successful execution,
Selenium-IDE window will display the list of
steps executed successfully.
A test suite is a collection of test cases.
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11. User extensions are JavaScript files that allow you to
create your own customizations and features to add
additional functionality.
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IDE Extensions

12. Adding User Extensions In
The Selenium IDE
 Options->General tab
 Close Selenium and open
again
 Check new commands
availability
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13. New Commands from added
Extension (generating random email)
typeRandomEmail- types random
email
typeRandomEmailAndWait - This
command will wait for page to reload
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